The FAA is expanding use of an $875 million AI tool, SMART, to "assist in managing air traffic across the entire national airspace system," but the agency says that the route-management software will not affect air safety.

Published yesterday. What’s the worst that could happen?

  • JustAnotherPodunk
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    6 hours ago

    Quite often. A flight plan is often a set of waypoints between a start and destination. Those waypoints can change due to traffic, weather, etc.

    So I may file for a flight from Dallas to LAX one way, and they may grant a different way to get there due to a multitude of circumstances. The difference in routes can add hundreds of miles in some situations. This is not even mentioning different altitudes for the routes. It’s very common.

    • VAK
      1·
      3 hours ago

      Ah okay, fair point, thanks.